Re: [git patches] libata updates

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From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008 - 9:23 am

On Tue, 6 May 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:

I think it would generally be good if people explained their drivers 
better than this.

If you know what the hell an SCH is, you don't *need* that help message in 
the first place! Agreed?

IOW, when adding drivers, please add help messages that actually explain 
what the driver is from a *user* perspective, not from a chip designer 
perspective. In this case, something like

	The Intel SCH chipset is the new low-power, small-footprint 
	embedded chipset that is generally paired with the Atom CPU and is 
	not their normal PC chipset.

or something. So that people can actually make a somewhat informed guess 
about whether it's relevant to them or not.

		Linus
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[git patches] libata updates, Jeff Garzik, (Tue May 6, 8:48 am)
Re: [git patches] libata updates, Linus Torvalds, (Tue May 6, 9:23 am)
Re: [git patches] libata updates - (improve post-reset dev ..., Markus Trippelsdorf, (Wed May 7, 7:56 am)
Re: [PATCH] Re: [git patches] libata updates - (improve po ..., Markus Trippelsdorf, (Thu May 8, 9:18 am)